KWS captures 60 hyenas in restive Juja villages

Happy residents watch Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers as they load a trapped hyena that was giving them sleepless nights into a waiting vehicle. [File, Standard]

Some 60 hyenas have been captured in an operation in Juja of Kiambu County where the marauding hounds have mauled at least eight people to death.

For a few weeks, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers have been working around the clock to track down the hyenas reigning fear in the villages.